Autographic register



M. C. STERN AND H. E. TINNERMAN.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

' APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29. IQIY. 1 3645153. Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

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AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-29,1917.

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Toall whom/it may concern Be it known that we, MIL'ron C. STERN andHERBERT E. TINNERMAN, citizens of the United States, residing atDaytorninthe county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of

hich the following is a specification, reference being had-therein tothe accompany= ing drawing.

This invention'relates to improvements in autographic registers, whichis to say, that class of registers in which one or more rolls of paperare carried over a plate forming the top of the machine andjconstitutinga support for the paper while the clerk is writing down the amount andnature of the sale of which a record is thus to be made.

When two or more sheets are used carbon paper is interposed for thepurpose of making facsimile transfers ,of the entry to one or moresheets under the top sheet.

The object of the present invention is, in

substance, twofold. This twofold idea resides in perforating the paperbefore it goes to the register with holes at stated or standvancedsection is bein ard intervals, so that there will beat group of holes atone location and alike group further. along the paper, the space betweenbeing the part to be written upon and the entries made, and in providingtwo sets of gripping devices, one set to enter one set of theperforations to pull or advance the,paper over or through the machineand another set to enter the holes of the other set of perforations tohold the paper while the adtorn off or severed from the remainder o thepaper, together Withmechanism for operatmgthese gripping devices so thatthe two sets of gripping devlces will alternately engage with anddisengage from the paper, one set at a time acting onit.

A further object of the inventiomis to combine with said two sets ofgripping devices suitable'mechanism for-en'gagingone set with the aperand causing that set to travel from; t e machine so 'as to draw off thepaper to cause the second set of gripping devices to engage the paper asthe first set releases it, to cause the return of the first set tonormal position and then to cause the. first setto reengage the paperand the second set to disengage it.

In the accompanying drawings, 1

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

Application filed October 29, 1917. Serial No. 199,147.

is a perspective-view of a roll of paper, partly egctended from theroll, showing-the groups of perforations standard distances apart; ig.2, alongitudinal vertical sectional v ew of a register-showing ourinven-' tion applied thereto; Fig: 3, a front elevation of the upperportion of the machine looking in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2..showing parts of the mechanism enlarged; Fig. iyan inverted plan viewpf:the machine looking down upon the under side of the top and showing thedistribution of the mechanism; Fig. 5, a partial sectional view andpartial elevation of a portion of the top with the paper-pullingmechanism extended away from the body of .the machine, the pulling setof grippers engaging the paper and the holding grippers withdrawn fromthe paper; Fig. 6', a like view with thepulling grippers withdrawn andthe holding grippers inserted in the paper; Fig. 7, a detail viewshowing the holding grippers withdrawn from the paper or. innon-operative position; and Fig. 8, a like view showing the iii paperwith a part of it run off to show the groups of perforations. Each groupis composed of two sets of holes, set 2 for one set of grippers and set3 for the other set of grippers. spaced at standard distances along thepaper to leave an intermediate sheet 4 on which the'clerkor store-keeperwill write the entry The groups of perforations are of his sales oronwhich other data may be entered.

When one or more of these rolls of paper are mounted in the machine, asshown at 5,

in Fig. 2, with the sheets run' ofi? over guide rolls 6 and thence alongthe top of the machine, with carbon paper intervening if desired, thesheets are first engaged by the ulling grippers entering the set'ofholes 3. hese grippers then pull the sheet or sheets to the extent ofwhat might be called a full stroke which will bring the next group ofperforations'near the cutter bar, wherebyit may be severed, after thepulling grippers have withdrawn from their perforations'and the holdinggrippers have entered the holes 2 of the next group of perforations. I

The grou s of perforations are spaced apart accor ing to the sizedesired for the intermediate sheet 4.-

turning the crank the slide 12 will be made to extend out beyond themachine, as shown in Fig. 5. In doing so it carries the paper -with itby means of the pulling grippers 14 which are in the nature of pinsmounted in the head piece 15 of the slide and adapted to be projectedupward through the perfora tions in the paper and to be drawn downwardto release the paper. For so operating these gripper pins we providecrank arms 16 connected to pins 14 through links 14 the arms 16 beingsecured to a rockshaft 17 mounted in bearings 18 carried by 'the slide.In the rockshaft is secured an operating arm 19' which connects by a rod20 with the bracket 21 on the rack'bar 11. .A sto rack bar, so that whenthe bar is advanced it will carry the slide 12 with it. When the slidehas been advanced until the hook 23 strikes the stop 24, (See Fig. 4),the paper will have been drawn out far enough to bring a set of holes inthe next group of perforations in line with the holding grippers.movement of the crank will start the rack bar inward. It will slideawayfrom the I I 12 operates to withdraw the 14 from the extended paper.

' 12 with the contact pins withdrawn from the paper.

turned to normal I stop 22 (Fig. 5) without moving the slide 12, untilthe contact bar 25, secured to the rockshaft 17, contacts with the slide12. This gives the rod 20 and operating arm .19 a direct pull on theslide so that when the rack is run back into the machine it carries withit the slide 12. The short movement of the rack between the time itdisengages the stop 22 and the contact bar engages the slide grippingpins The positions of'thes'e parts just described are seen in Figs. 5and 6. In the former with the rack bar incontact with the stop 22 andthe gripping pins extended through the perforations and in the latterfigure with the rack bar moved off from the stop22 and the contact bar25 moved against the slide I In the relation of the parts shown in Fig.-6 the rack and slide are rethe 'machine and the paper is left hanging 1down.

When the head 15 reaches the machine the user takes hold of thenowhanging paper and tears it off against the tearing or cutting edge 15of a guide bar 16' .pivoted to.

22' on the slide 12 is engaged by the end 0 the en this occurs a reverse7 to that 'shown' in position with respect to I nut 18. During thisoperationthe holding pins are in engagement with the paper by' extendingthrough their perforations, as will resently appear. And it will beunderstoo also that the extended pull giventhe paper when the slide andrack moved out to the limit brought the paper in such position that theperforations in group 3 would register with the position of the grippingpins 14 after the head 15 has been returned home to the machine, asabove described.

Referring now to the holding grippers they comprise two pins 26 mountedto slide up and down in the top 27 and across the space between the topand the paper guide bar 27, which extends across the top of the machineand may be removably secured in any convenient manner; There is onepin',26, at each side of the slide 12, as shown more clearly in Fig. 4.'These pins are operated up and down by means of a tilting frame 28pivoted at 29 on a bracket 30 depending from the top. When these framesare tilted on the pivot '29 they insert the pins into the perforations 2or' withdraw them therefrom. During the outward movement of the slide,when the gripping pins are pulling the paper, the holding pins arewithdrawn and the frames 28 are tilted, as shown. in Fig. 7. They arenormallyv return stroke of the rack to trip the frame 28 from theposition shown in Fig. 7 to that shown in Fig. 8. These tripping devicesconsist of a rod 33 ('Fig. 4). secured to the rack bar 11 and havingjournaled on each end a plate or by pass pawl 34 and each having a cam35 adapted on the commencement of the return stroke to contact with the'tripping pin 36 on the frame28 to throw the frame from the ositionshown in Fig. ig. 8, and thereby insert the holding [grip 'ers or pinsinto-the paper perforations.' his takesplacejust as the grlpplng pinsare withdrawn so that as the one set of pins lets go of the paper theother set engages the paper.

,The holdmg pins or grippers remain engaged with the paper, as beforestated,

until the slide and rack have been fully returned and the paper torn offat the edge 15" of the head \15. Then when the next out stroke isstarted the holding pins or grippers are withdrawn from .the paper bythe action of the contact bar 25 in tripping the frames 28. This bar atthat time stands over the other tripping pins 37 on the frames 28, (seeFig. 4).. The first movement outward of the rack, until it strikes thestop 22, causes the contact bar to swing downward and engage thesetripping pins 37. In this way the holding pins or grippers are withdrawnfromthe paper before there is an actual movement of the slide 12 becausethe slide does not start to move until the rack has traveled up to andagainst the stop 22.

Referring again to the tripping devices 29, 3st and 35 it will beunderstood that when the cams 35 reach the pins 36, when the latter arein the position shown in Fig. 7, the cams have to ride past those pinsin order to be ready on the return stroke of the rack to engage saidpins and trip the frames 28 to throw the holding pins into the paper, Toenable the cams 35 to pass the pins 36 the plates 34 are looselyjournaled on the rod 29 so that the cams 35 when they contact with thepins 36 spring down, slide against and past the pins and then move up totheir position shown in Fig. 7. To cause the plate 34: to so return thecams an arm 38 is secured to the rod 29 rigidly, while the spring 39 ona stud 40 on the plate 3 1 extends to the arm 38 and thereby makes aspring connection between the plate 34 and the rod :29. A small stop 41on the plate 34 abuts the arm 38 and limits the swinging or rotarymovement of the plate on the rod so that the cam 35- will stop at theright place on its return movement after springing past the pin 36.

In order to normally keep the pulling pins or grippers extended throughthe paper and the holding pins normally withdrawn from the paper aspring is employed to keep the rack bar 11 in contact with the stop inwhich position the contact bar stands immediately over the pins 42 onthe tilting frames 28. By preference this spring is in the form of acoil, as shown at i3, and is placed about the shaft 7 secured at one endto the frame, as shown at 44;, and at the other to the shaft, as shownat the screw 45. T he normal tendency of this spring is to urge the rackbar 11 against the stop 22.

It will be seenfrom the foregoing that the paper, througlrtheinstr-umentality of the pulling pins or grippers, is taken hold of andadvanced successively as required, is released by such pins or grippersand at the same time engaged "by the holding pins or grippers duringthereturn of the pulling .pins or grippers, until the paper is torn offand released by the holding pins or grippers just as the paper isreengaged by the pulling pins or grippers. It will be seen also that byreason of the fixed distances between the groups of perforations thepaper is advanced each time the distance incident I to the size ofthe-sheet to be used for recording the sale or entry.

\Ve have described that type of detail mechanism which we deempreferable and which in practice has proved efficient and successful,but we desire to be understood as not limiting ourselves to such detailsas they may, in fact, be'modified in construction and arrangement whilestill carrying out the essentials of the invention.

Having thus fully described our invention. what we claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an autographic register, the combination, with a series of holdingpins adapted to enter perforations arranged in groups and regularlyspaced apart in a web of paper movable over said pins, also a series ofpulling pins adapted to enter perforations in said paper, a plurality ofmeans to actuate said-holding and pulling pins to alternately engage andrelease the paper, and mechanism to impart advance and return movementsto the pulling pins.

2. In an autographic register, the combination, with a series of holdingpins carried by swinging frames, and a series of pulling pins carried byarms extending from a rockshaft, of mechanism to actuate the holdingpins comprising a'cam and an actuating bar to tilt the frames first oneway and then the other, mechanism to actuate the pulling pins comprisinga rockshaft with crank arms, a slide on which the pulling pins androckshaft are mounted,'a rack bar connected with the rockshaft adaptedto actuate the slide but having limited -independent movement, the camsfor actuatin the tilting frames being carried by the rac bar and thecontact bar being carried by the slide.

3. In a register, an actuating gear, a rack meshing therewith, a slideon which the rack is movably mounted, a stop to limit the movement ofthe rack with respect to the slide, pulling pins, and a rockshaftconnected to the pins mounted on the head of the slide, a connectionbetween the rockshaft and the rack to operate the pins when the rackmoves independently of the slide in one direction, and an actuating barconnected with the rockshaft to limit the other movement of the rackwith respect to the slide in the other direction, whereby the rackoperates the slide in both directions and operates the pins in and outof engagement with the paper, holding pins mounted in the top of themachine, tilting frames connected with said pins, springs to hold theframes in adjusted positions, and cams carried by the rack and adaptedto swing the frames to throw the pins into engagement with the paper.

4. In an autographic register, a slide hav ing a head against which totear be portions of a perforated paper web movable the head, a rack barmounted on the slide and having limited movement independently of theslide, a connection between the rack bar and the rock shaft to operatethe latter by the independent movement of the rack, a contact barmounted on said rock shaft, and a part of said slide adapted to beengaged by said rack to cause the rack to move the slide.

5. In an autographic register a holding pin, a swinging. framecontrolling the holdmg pin and adapted to project said pin through 'orwithdraw it from perforations in a Web of paper movable thereover, and

devices adapted to travel relative to the frame to tip it back and forthto operate the pin.

6. In an autographic register, a holding pin, a tilting frame securedthereto, projections from the frame, a traveling cam adapted to tip theframe by contact with one of the projections, a contact bar adapted toreversely tip the frame by contact with the other of the projections,and a spring acting on the frame to hold it in either position.

- 7. In an autographic register, a holding pin adapted to engage andrelease a paper web movable thereover, a pivoted frame controlling theholding pin and movable to either of two positions to cause-said pin toengage or disengage the paper web, and a spring connected with the frameand adapted to hold it in either position.

Initestimony whereof, we affix our-signatures.

MILTON C. STERN. HERBERT E. TINNERMAN.

